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Chlorophytum ruahense Engl.

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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Plants 23–70 cm high. Roots thick, cylindrical, without tubers. Rosette leaves reduced to 1–3 glabrous cataphylls. Peduncle terete, glabrous, multibracteate; sterile bracts leafy, 6–13 per plant, lanceolate, acute, clasping below, glabrous. Inflorescence a panicle of 1–4 racemes; rachis terete, glabrous; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, lower ones up to 12 mm long. Pedicels articulated above middle, lower ones 2–4 per node, to 15 mm long in fruit. Perianth greenish; tepals c.6.5 mm long, reflexed, 3-veined. Stamens 5.5 mm long; filaments terete, much longer than anthers. Ovary sessile; style c.6 mm long. Capsule shallowly lobed. Seeds not seen.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Derivation of specific name:	ruahense: after the Ruaha River in Iringa District of Tanzania where the type specimen was collected.
Habitat:	In woodland, often by rivers and water courses
Altitude range: (metres)	1200 m (approx)
Flowering time:	Nov - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, DRC and Zambia
FZ divisions:	W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,Cb,Mc
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 3 March 2026
Literature:	Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 74 - 75. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chlorophytum ruahense
African Plant Database: Chlorophytum ruahense
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JSTOR Plant Science: Chlorophytum ruahense
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chlorophytum ruahense
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